Reconstitution of iron oxidase from sulfur-grown Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 6808-6810

  Taha, Taher M ^a   Kanao, Tadayoshi ^a   Takeuchi, Fumiaki ^a   Sugio, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; SULFUR;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; CELL EXTRACTS; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME OXIDASES; IN VITRO; IRON OXIDATIONS; OXIDIZING ACTIVITIES;

PURIFICATION;

CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; IRON OXIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RUSTICYANIN; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; CYTOCHROME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IRON; OXIDATION; SULFUR;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME RECONSTITUTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; AZURIN; CYTOCHROMES C; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; IRON; OXIDOREDUCTASES;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS ATCC 23270;

EID: 55049129809     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00787-08     Document Type: Article

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